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novel-mcp · Chinese Web Novel Writing System

top.novelmcp/novel-factory

Chinese web novel MCP: 36 tools (outline, prose, review, coach, KD export). BYOK, no API key.

— the operator's own registry description reported

Publisher top.novelmcp · first seen 2026-08-12 · endpoint https://novelmcp.top/mcp

allow
verdict
mid-slow-solo
cluster
ok_tools
answers
14
tools served

Dependency rating derived

allow
allow — alive & usable · kind unknown · V n/a
allow — because answers ●, 14 tools legible (band A) ●, no confirmed drift in 6 probes ●; not yet checked: truth (0 runs)

Cluster mid-slow-solo · distinctiveness 0.487 (moderate). Every figure is a percentile or class within the 15,472-server censussee the whole spectrum.

Does it answer? Q1 · observed
answersalive_tools
latency1954 ms
vs populationslow
protocolcurrent
authopen
Can it be used? Q4 · observed
tools14
vs populationmid
capabilities1
harnessA
Did it hold when checked? Q3–Q4 · derived
identitysolo
servers on its host1
verifiabilityunassessed
duplicate inventoryno
drift events0
answers trueno primary

🔏 Signed receipt rr_afd14f9dcd579e267faca0ef · ed25519 · key rs-rcpt-2026-08 — this rating is tamper-evident; an agent gets the full signature from check_server and can verify it against the published key.

Q1Does it answer?alive & usable — 6 probes ●evidence ↓
Q2What is it?kind unknown ● evidence ↓
Q3Can it be checked?V n/a for this kind ◐evidence ↓
Q4Did it hold?harness A · truth not yet run · no drift ●evidence ↓
Q5What company does it keep?mid-slow-solo · 1 on its host (context, not verdict) ◐evidence ↓

● observed · ◐ derived · ○ reported — the verdict synthesizes Q1–Q4; Q5 is context. Methodology →

History observed

Every probe we made, oldest → newest (6 shown, 2026-08-12 → 2026-09-06). Green answered · amber answered-but-walled · red no useful answer. A gap in our cadence is a gap in coverage, not evidence about the server.

changelog (3 events)
datetypewhat changed
2026-08-30inventorytools 36 → 14
2026-08-23outcomeok_tools (was not_mcp)
2026-08-12outcomefirst probe: not_mcp

What kind of tools these are derived

Verification only means something relative to a tool's NATURE — an email-sender has no "true answer", a generator has no answer key. Classification evidence: classified from tool names/descriptions/annotations WE OBSERVED. What checking applies to each kind (the full methodology →):

naturetoolsmeaning what checking applies
unclassified8not classifiable from its textTier-1 only until its tools describe themselves
action3changes the worldno true answer exists; we check the CONTRACT (destructive/read-only/idempotent declarations, error legibility) and never fire real actions
retrieval-public2serves public factstruth-checkable against a public source — the V-ladder applies in full
generative1creates contentno answer key exists; disclosure + stability checks, never truth verdicts

Tools last seen observed

adjust_dials compose_chapter contact_for_hire continue_story create_work export_kd export_work frontdesk_reception get_emergence_proof guide_usage propose_space_evolution redline_audit rhythm_check sync_to_disk

Harness readiness observed

Can an agent's harness pick this tool and call it correctly? Graded on the three things an agent reads — name, description, typed parameters. Band A — an agent can pick and call these reliably.

legibility checktools passingok
name is clear & specific14/14
has a description14/14
description is substantive8/148/14
parameters are typed14/14
parameters are described14/14

14 of 14 tools graded · 14 with a captured input schema. RS-008, Tier-1 — no domain knowledge, applies to any tool. “Alive” is not the same as “usable”.

Truth checks observed

Not in the Tier-2 trade lane, or not yet checked. Tier-2 re-derives a server's answers against published primary sources — see truth checks.

Protocol conformance observed

2025-06-18
protocol version
session model
2.2.0
server version novel-mcp

Capabilities: tools

Drift observed

No confirmed drift on record. Baseline set 2026-09-06; changes appear here after human review.

raw probe records
probed (UTC) outcomehttpmsprotocol
2026-09-06T06:18:15Zok_tools20019542025-06-18
2026-08-30T06:17:57Zok_tools20023812025-06-18
2026-08-23T06:15:03Zok_tools20024362025-06-18
2026-08-16T06:14:23Znot_mcp200870
2026-08-14T20:00:47Znot_mcp2001148
2026-08-12T05:36:00Znot_mcp200857

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